I had my surgery July 2012 and so far I have lost 25 pounds my doctor has been giving me several small fills mainly .25 cc at a time. I think he could be more aggressive with my fills but he keeps telling he dont want to get me to tight. I feel im doing most of the work on my own with only 3.5cc on my band out of a 10cc band I'm always fighting hunger. I excersice 5 times a week and I just wish I could lose weight a little faster most people can't even tell I lost any weight.... Im tired of being fat and hungry. Has anyone out there experience slow weight lost and finally lost the weight?? How long can this take??

you do not have enough in your band most of us have our band just over half full and find it very comfortable to maintain..I have a 10cc/6.5cc in it for the last few mons and I am down 57lbs in 6 mos I am so pleased with my band. I am never hungry and food doesn't call me any more I find it easy to say no or take a very small taste of something I plan. You should not be hungry at this point. He works for you and tell him you want 1 cc fills till you aren't hungry for 4-5- hours on one cup of food that is what the bsand is built for..if not change doctors.

My dr. gave me small fills. One month I even had to skip because he didnt have an appointment for me. I understand your fustration, because people who know are usually negative and when they dont see weight loss, there like. Told ya so. On my 6 month check up he gave me a big fill, and then I had to cancell my next appointment because I didnt need it. Hang in there you will get there. And then you will start dropping weight at a good pace if you do what your supposed to.

My doctor is the same way- they feel that it is better to give small fills every 5 to 6 weeks then over fill and have you be to tight. I am a year out as of today and only have 3.7 in a 10cc band. It has been a very long and frustrating year as I just thought I would be further along in weight loss by now. So I completely understand an cant wait to find the green zone.

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Thanks for all your answers and yes im very fustruated specially when friends and family know you have the band and they make little remarks like "maybe you not trying hard enough" and im like really that's the reason I got WLS because I couldnt do it on my own

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I'm so happy there's a thread like this one! I was banded aug 20 and didn't get my first fill until oct 29 due to port revision. Since then I have 8cc in an 11 cc band and have only lost 20lbs. I workout 4-5 times a week and track everything I sat. I am a small loser for sure. Doc says it has nothing to do with the volume as well as it take a little longer with a realize band to get to your sweet spot! So in goin with the flow and praying the numbers start moving!

Good luck everyone

Yeh I've have my band 10 mos and just now got a fill , I've got 3cc now ,came home and ate I was starving , my doc is slow also and he doesn't like doing fills , the head nurse said that i shouldn't need fills that I should be able to lose the Wieght on my own , then I said what the use of the band ? Just hang around ? The doc said will it might of losing up some sense the operation and that's when he dicided to add some , thank god! Cause I've already gain 9 lbs back , so right now I'm grateful that I got 3 cc in 10 mos . And I was told not to expect more from the head nurse ,she doesn't like me at all